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The reason I am entertaining the idea on going to the "new" spot is because my first deer I killed, I never set foot in that area until opening day. And I killed this big joker:

I have always had better luck just popping into a new area. I have hunted this new area a little bit. Lucky couldn't be found last rifle season and that are was flooded. Word got out about him also. Every hunter I talked to was chasing a buck like this in the same couple canyons, ridges etc. so I don't know for sure if lucky is still lucky.

This year will be a new area for me too, I have only been there via Google earth. I plan on coming up mid August and spending a couple of weeks.

It's hard convincing my parents to go 6 hours 1 way to scout. And they surely won't let me go alone. Good news is I know the area. Just am not sure how to approach it in terms of stalking. They hide in the aspen stands and don't know how some approach that situation. So I will create a thread for that.